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Terms & Conditions 

Application and entire agreement

1. These Terms and Conditions apply to the provision of the services detailed in our quotation (Services) by Wave Couriers LTD a company registered in England and Wales under number 13073114 whose registered office is at: Office Office 7, Dunston Innovation Centre, Dunston Road, Derbyshire, S41 9QD  (we or us or Service Provider) to the person buying the services (you or Customer).

2. You are deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions when you accept our quotation or from the date of any performance of the Services (whichever happens earlier) and these Terms and Conditions and our quotation (the Contract) are the entire agreement between us.

3. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on our behalf. These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that you try to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.

Interpretation

4. A "business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday in England and Wales.

5. The headings in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation.

6. Words imparting the singular number shall include the plural and vice-versa.

Services

7. We warrant that we will use reasonable care and skill in our performance of the Services which will comply with the quotation, including any specification in all material respects. We can make any changes to the Services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, and we will notify you if this is necessary.

8. We will use our reasonable endeavors to complete the performance of the Services within the time agreed or as set out in the quotation; however, time shall not be of the essence in the performance of our obligations.

9. All of these Terms and Conditions apply to the supply of any goods as well as Services unless we specify otherwise.

10. In some circumstances third-party services will be used and Wave Couriers cannot be responsible for insurance when this applies, you will be notified and authorisation will be necessary. Any damages in transit or during loading & delivery must be reported within 48 hours. Any insurance claims required must be requested within 48 hours.

Your obligations

10. You must obtain any permissions, consents, licenses or otherwise that we need and must give us with access to any and all relevant information, materials, properties and any other matters which we need to provide the Services.

11. If you do not comply with clause 10, we can terminate the Services.

12. We are not liable for any delay or failure to provide the Services if this is caused by your failure to comply with the provisions of this section (Your obligations).

Fees 

13. The fees (Fees) for the Services are set out in the quotation and are on a time and materials basis.

14. In addition to the Fees, we can recover from you a) reasonable incidental expenses including, but not limited to, travelling expenses, hotel costs, subsistence and any associated expenses, b) the cost of services provided by third parties and required by us for the performance of the Services, and c) the cost of any materials required for the provision of the Services.

15. You must pay us for any additional services provided by us that are not specified in the quotation in accordance with our then current, applicable hourly rate in effect at the time of performance or such other rate as may be agreed between us. The provisions of clause 14 also apply to these additional services.

16. The Fees are inclusive of any applicable VAT and other taxes or levies which are imposed or charged by any competent authority.

Cancellation and amendment

17. We can withdraw, cancel or amend a quotation if it has not been accepted by you, or if the Services have not started, within a period of one hour from the time of the quotation, (unless the quotation has been withdrawn).

18. Either we or you can cancel an order for any reason prior to your acceptance (or rejection) of the quotation.

19. If you want to amend any details of the Services you must tell us in writing as soon as possible. We will use reasonable endeavors to make any required changes and additional costs will be included in the Fees and invoiced to you.

20. If, due to circumstances beyond our control, including those set out in the clause below (Circumstances beyond a party's control), we have to make any change in the Services or how they are provided, we will notify you immediately. We will use reasonable endeavors to keep any such changes to a minimum.

Payment

21. We will invoice you for payment of the Fees either:

  1. when we have completed the Services; or

  2. on the invoice dates set out in the quotation.

22. You must pay the Fees due within 14 days of the date of our invoice or otherwise in accordance with any credit terms agreed between us.

23. Time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.

24. Without limiting any other right or remedy we have for statutory interest, if you do not pay within the period set out above, we will charge you interest at the rate of 5% per annum above the base lending rate of the Bank of England from time to time on the amount outstanding until payment is received in full.

25. All payments due under these Terms and Conditions must be made in full without any deduction or withholding except as required by law and neither of us can assert any credit, set-off or counterclaim against the other in order to justify withholding payment of any such amount in whole or in part.

26. If you do not pay within the period set out above, we can suspend any further provision of the Services and cancel any future services which have been ordered by, or otherwise arranged with, you.

27. Receipts for payment will be issued by us only at your request.

28. All payments must be made in British Pounds unless otherwise agreed in writing between us.

Sub-Contracting and assignment

29. We can at any time assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of our rights under these Terms and Conditions and can subcontract or delegate in any manner any or all of our obligations to any third party.

30. You must not, without our prior written consent, assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of your rights or obligations under these Terms and Conditions.

Termination

31. We can terminate the provision of the Services immediately if you:

  1. commit a material breach of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions; or

  2. fail to make pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment; or

  3. are or become or, in our reasonable opinion, are about to become, the subject of a bankruptcy order or take advantage of any other statutory provision for the relief of insolvent debtor; or

  4. enter into a voluntary arrangement under Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986, or any other scheme or arrangement is made with its creditors; or

  5. convene any meeting of your creditors, enter into voluntary or compulsory liquidation, have a receiver, manager, administrator or administrative receiver appointed in respect of your assets or undertakings or any part of them, any documents are filed with the court for the appointment of an administrator in respect of you, notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given by you or any of your directors or by a qualifying floating charge holder (as defined in para. 14 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986), a resolution is passed or petition presented to any court for your winding up or for the granting of an administration order in respect of you, or any proceedings are commenced relating to your insolvency or possible insolvency.

Intellectual property

32. We reserve all copyright and any other intellectual property rights which may subsist in any goods supplied in connection with the provision of the Services. We reserve the right to take any appropriate action to restrain or prevent the infringement of such intellectual property rights.

 

Liability and indemnity

33. Our liability under these Terms and Conditions, and in breach of statutory duty, and in tort or misrepresentation or otherwise, shall be limited as set out in this section.

34. The total amount of our liability is limited to the total amount of Fees payable by you under the Contract.

35. We are not liable (whether caused by our employees, agents or otherwise) in connection with our provision of the Services or the performance of any of our other obligations under these Terms and Conditions or the quotation for:

  1. any indirect, special or consequential loss, damage, costs, or expenses or;

  2. any loss of profits; loss of anticipated profits; loss of business; loss of data; loss of reputation or goodwill; business interruption; or, other third-party claims; or

  3. any failure to perform any of our obligations if such delay or failure is due to any cause beyond our reasonable control; or

  4. any losses caused directly or indirectly by any failure or your breach in relation to your obligations; or

  5. any losses arising directly or indirectly from the choice of Services and how they will meet your requirements or your use of the Services or any goods supplied in connection with the Services.

36. Wave Couriers will not take responsibility for insurance claim for goods in transit, public liability & any sub contactors vehicle insurance. Wave Couriers is the 3rd party booking supplier. Wave Couriers will always go through SDCN which drivers can only be granted the work if insurance policies are submitted & proven.

37. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other matters for which it would be unlawful to exclude or limit liability.

Data Protection

38. When supplying the Services to the Customer, the Service Provider may gain access to and/or acquire the ability to transfer, store or process personal data of employees of the Customer.

39. The parties agree that where such processing of personal data takes place, the Customer shall be the 'data controller' and the Service Provider shall be the 'data processor' as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as may be amended, extended and/or re-enacted from time to time.

40. For the avoidance of doubt, 'Personal Data', 'Processing', 'Data Controller', 'Data Processor' and 'Data Subject' shall have the same meaning as in the GDPR.

41. The Service Provider shall only Process Personal Data to the extent reasonably required to enable it to supply the Services as mentioned in these terms and conditions or as requested by and agreed with the Customer, shall not retain any Personal Data longer than necessary for the Processing and refrain from Processing any Personal Data for its own or for any third party's purposes.

42. The Service Provider shall not disclose Personal Data to any third parties other than employees, directors, agents, sub-contractors or advisors on a strict 'need-to-know' basis and only under the same (or more extensive) conditions as set out in these terms and conditions or to the extent required by applicable legislation and/or regulations.

43. The Service Provider shall implement and maintain technical and organisational security measures as are required to protect Personal Data Processed by the Service Provider on behalf of the Customer.

44. Further information about the Service Provider's approach to data protection are specified in its Data Protection Policy, which can be found Website. For any enquiries or complaints regarding data privacy, you can email: accounts@wavecouriers.com.

Circumstances beyond a party's control

45. Neither of us is liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations where such failure or delay results from any cause that is beyond the reasonable control of that party. Such causes include, but are not limited to: industrial action, civil unrest, fire, flood, storms, earthquakes, acts of terrorism, acts of war, governmental action or any other event that is beyond the control of the party in question. If the delay continues for a period of 90 days, either of us may terminate or cancel the Services to be carried out under these Terms and Conditions.

Communications

46. All notices under these Terms and Conditions must be in writing and signed by, or on behalf of, the party giving notice (or a duly authorised officer of that party).

47. Notices shall be deemed to have been duly given:

  1. when delivered, if delivered by courier or other messenger (including registered mail) during the normal business hours of the recipient;

  2. when sent, if transmitted by fax or email and a successful transmission report or return receipt is generated;

  3. on the fifth business day following mailing, if mailed by national ordinary mail; or

  4. on the tenth business day following mailing, if mailed by airmail.

48. All notices under these Terms and Conditions must be addressed to the most recent address, email address or fax number notified to the other party.

No waiver

49. No delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy nor stop further exercise of any other right, or remedy.

Severance

50. If one or more of these Terms and Conditions is found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that / those provisions will be deemed severed from the remainder of these Terms and Conditions (which will remain valid and enforceable).

Law and jurisdiction

51. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales and all disputes arising under the Agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

52. If no account form is filled in, payment is always required prior to collection.

53. There is a 2.75% surcharge for all card payments, however we can take payments via BACs or cheques.

54. In the event of customer cancellation after the job has been confirmed, we have the right to charge up to 100% of the quoted price. 

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Data Policy

1. Introduction

Wave Couriers needs to collect and use certain types of information about the Individuals or Service Users who come into contact with Wave Couriers in order to carry on our work. This personal information must be collected and dealt with appropriately whether is collected on paper, stored in a computer database, or recorded on other material and there are safeguards to ensure this under the Data Protection Act 1998.

 

2. Data Controller

Wave Couriers is the Data Controller under the Act, which means that it determines what purposes personal information held, will be used for. It is also responsible for notifying the Information Commissioner of the data it holds or is likely to hold, and the general purposes that this data will be used for.

 

3. Disclosure

Wave Couriers) may share data with other agencies such as the local authority, funding bodies and other voluntary agencies.

The Individual/Service User will be made aware in most circumstances how and with whom their information will be shared. There are circumstances where the law allows Wave Couriers to disclose data (including sensitive data) without the data subject’s consent.

 

These are:

a) Carrying out a legal duty or as authorised by the Secretary of State

b) Protecting vital interests of an Individual/Service User or another person

c) The Individual/Service User has already made the information public

d) Conducting any legal proceedings, obtaining legal advice, or defending any legal rights

e) Monitoring for equal opportunities purposes – i.e., race, disability, or religion

f) Providing a confidential service where the Individual/Service User’s consent cannot be obtained or where it is reasonable to proceed without consent: e.g., where we would wish to avoid forcing stressed or ill Individuals/Service Users to provide consent signatures.

 

Wave Couriers regards the lawful and correct treatment of personal information as very important to successful working, and to maintaining the confidence of those with whom we deal.

Wave Couriers intends to ensure that personal information is treated lawfully and correctly.

To this end, Wave Couriers will adhere to the Principles of Data Protection, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998.

Specifically, the Principles require that personal information:

a) Shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless specific conditions are met,

b) Shall be obtained only for one or more of the purposes specified in the Act, and shall not be processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes,

c) Shall be adequate, relevant, and not excessive in relation to those purpose(s)

d) Shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date,

e) Shall not be kept for longer than is necessary

f) Shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under the Act,

g) Shall be kept secure by the Data Controller who takes appropriate technical and other measures to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal information,

h) Shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of Individuals/Service Users in relation to the processing of personal information.

 

Wave Couriers will, through appropriate management and strict application of criteria and controls:

• Observe fully conditions regarding the fair collection and use of information

• Meet its legal obligations to specify the purposes for which information is used

• Collect and process appropriate information, and only to the extent that it is needed to fulfil its operational needs or to comply with any legal requirements

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• Ensure that the rights of people about whom information is held can be fully exercised under the Act. These include:

  •  the right to be informed that processing is being undertaken,

  •  the right of access to one’s personal information

  •  the right to prevent processing in certain circumstances and

  •  the right to correct, rectify, block or erase information that is regarded as wrong information

 

• Take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to safeguard personal information

• Ensure that personal information is not transferred abroad without suitable safeguards

• Treat people justly and fairly whatever their age, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity when dealing with requests for information

• Set out clear procedures for responding to requests for information

 

4. Data collection

Informed consent is when

  • • An Individual/Service User clearly understands why their information is needed, who it will be shared with, the possible consequences of them agreeing or refusing the proposed use of the data

  • • And then gives their consent.

 

Wave Couriers will ensure that data is collected within the boundaries defined in this policy. This applies to data that is collected in person, or by completing a form.

When collecting data, Wave Couriers will ensure that the Individual/Service User:

 

 

  • a) Clearly understands why the information is needed

  • b) Understands what it will be used for and what the consequences are should the Individual/Service User decide not to give consent to the processing

  • c) As far as reasonably possible, grants explicit consent, either written or verbal for data to be processed

 

  • d) Is, as far as reasonably practicable, competent enough to give consent and has given so freely without any duress

  • e) Has received sufficient information on why their data is needed and how it will be used

 

5. Data Storage

Information and records relating to service users will be stored securely and will only be accessible to authorised staff and volunteers.

Information will be stored for only as long as it is needed or required statute and will be disposed of appropriately.

It is Wave Courier's responsibility to ensure all personal and company data is non-recoverable from any computer system previously used within the organisation, which has been passed on/sold to a third party.

6. Data access and accuracy

All Individuals/Service Users have the right to access the information Wave Couriers holds about them. Wave Couriers will also take reasonable steps to ensure that this information is kept up to date by asking data subjects whether there have been any changes.

In addition, Wave Couriers will ensure that:

• It has a Data Protection Officer with specific responsibility for ensuring compliance with Data Protection

 

• Everyone processing personal information understands that they are contractually responsible for following good data protection practice

 

• Everyone processing personal information is appropriately trained to do so

 

 

• Everyone processing personal information is appropriately supervised

 

• Anybody wanting to make enquiries about handling personal information knows what to do

 

• It deals promptly and courteously with any enquiries about handling personal information

 

• It describes clearly how it handles personal information

 

• It will regularly review and audit the ways it holds, manages, and uses personal information

 

• It regularly assesses and evaluates its methods and performance in relation to handling personal information

 

• All staff are aware that a breach of the rules and procedures identified in this policy may lead to disciplinary action being taken against them

 

This policy will be updated as necessary to reflect best practices in data management, security, and control and to ensure compliance with any changes or amendments made to the Data Protection Act 1998.

In case of any queries or questions in relation to this policy please contact the Wave Couriers Data Protection Officer:

 

Insert name and contact details of the Data Protection Officer.

Signed: G Millward

Position: Managing Director

Date: 03/02/21

Review Date: 03/02/22

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